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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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